[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 130 (Thursday, July 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 39850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17063]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-838]
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Notice of
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a
request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on
seamless refined copper pipe and tube (copper pipe and tube) from
Mexico. See Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico and the
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value From Mexico, 75 FR 71070
(November 22, 2010) (Order). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(d),
the Department is initiating an antidumping duty new shipper review of
GD Affiliates S.de R.L. de C.V. (GD). The period of review (POR) of
this new shipper review is November 22, 2010, through April 30, 2011.
DATES: Effective Date: July 7, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Christopher Hargett,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
5973 or (202) 482-4161, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 22, 2010, the Department published the antidumping duty
order on copper pipe and tube from Mexico. See Order. Thus, the order
on copper pipe and tube from Mexico has a May semi-annual anniversary
month. On May 31, 2011, the Department received a request for a new
shipper review from GD in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c). In its
request for a review, GD identified itself as a producer and exporter
of the subject merchandise. For the purpose of initiating this new
shipper review, the Department determines that GD's submission was
timely filed.
Pursuant to the requirements set forth in section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2), GD certified that (1) it did not
export subject merchandise to the United States during the period of
investigation (POI) (see section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i)); and (2) since the initiation of the
investigation, it has never been affiliated with any company that
exported subject merchandise to the United States during the POI,
including those companies not individually examined during the
investigation (see section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A)). Additionally, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iv), GD submitted documentation establishing the
following: (1) The date on which it first shipped subject merchandise
to the United States; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and (3) the
date of its first sale to an unaffiliated purchaser for exportation to
the United States. GD also stated it had shipments to the United States
during the period subsequent to its first shipment.
Initiation of Review
Based on information on the record and in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we find that the
request submitted by GD meets the statutory and regulatory requirements
for initiation of a new shipper review. See Memorandum to the File,
through Melissa Skinner, Office Director, Office 3, AD/CVD Operations,
from Christopher Hargett, Case Analyst, Office 3, AD/CVD Operations,
regarding ``Initiation of AD New Shipper Review: Seamless Refined
Copper Pipe and Tube from Mexico (A-201-838),'' dated June 28, 2011.
Accordingly, we are initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping
duty order on copper pipe and tube from Mexico exported by GD, for the
period November 22, 2010, through April 30, 2011. We intend to issue
the preliminary results of this review no later than 180 days after the
date on which this review is initiated, and the final results within 90
days after the date on which we issue the preliminary results. See
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(h)(i).
We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to allow,
at the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the
review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for certain
entries of the subject merchandise exported by GD in accordance with
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because GD
certified that it exports the subject merchandise, the sale of which
forms the basis for its new shipper review request, we will instruct
CBP to permit the use of a bond only for entries of subject merchandise
which GD exported.
Interested parties may submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and
351.306.
This initiation and this notice are issued and published in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and
351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: June 28, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-17063 Filed 7-6-11; 8:45 am]
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